{"id":4803,"date":"2010-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2010\/01\/01\/special-relativity\/"},"modified":"2010-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T08:00:00","slug":"special-relativity","status":"publish","type":"physics_publications","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/publications\/special-relativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Relativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"authors\"><span>Thomas McCaffree Helliwell<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"doc-link\" data-doc=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/\">Special Relativity (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"journal\"><span class=\"journal-title\">University Science Books, Sausalito<\/span> <strong data-vol=\"\"><\/strong> <span id=\"journal-year\">(2010)<\/span> <span id=\"journal-pages\" data-pages=\"305\">305<\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Helliwell achieves a rare clarity. For instance, the derivation of the standard kinematic results starting from Einstein&#8217;s postulates is outstandingly clear. Throughout he shows an unusual and sympathetic appreciation of the problems that are faced by the beginning student.&rdquo; &#8212; John Taylor, University of Colorado .. epigraph:: &ldquo;*Special Relativity* is definitely much better than the books I have read on this topic, and I would recommend it to any instructor who plans to teach a course on this topic. For anyone teaching special relativity as a part of a Modern Physics course, this book offers valuable supplementary reading.&rdquo; &#8212; Shirvel Stanislaus, Valparaiso University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas McCaffree Helliwell Special Relativity (PDF) University Science Books, Sausalito (2010) 305 Abstract Helliwell achieves a rare clarity. For instance, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","publication_author":[],"class_list":["post-4803","physics_publications","type-physics_publications","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_publications\/4803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_publications"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_author?post=4803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}